#168E76#168E76

#168E76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.105 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E76
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 118)
HSL	hsl(168, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(168, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 16.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -36.96, 4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 37.17, 173.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.1045 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.105 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2722, 20.8229, 20.4557)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E76 #8E162E

analogous

#168E3A #168E76 #166A8E

triadic

#168E76 #76168E #8E7616

tetradic

#168E76 #3A168E #8E162E #6A8E16

square

#168E76 #3A168E #8E162E #6A8E16

split-complementary

#168E76 #8E166A #8E3A16

monochromatic

#06241E #0E594A #168E76 #1EC3A2 #3DE1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#168E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#168E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E76

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E76	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.105 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09d',
    500: '#168e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e76;
$custom-light: #6cb09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57952,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E76

secondary

#C13F59

accent

#385DF0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E76

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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